Pramesh S Jain & Dr B Thomas (Special correspondent)
People visiting Masjid-e-mamoor in Koramangala on Sunday evening were pleasantly surprised as they saw police officials in Uniform greeted them at the gate and distributing fruits and dates to break fast.
After a long gap of two years the Madiwala sub division police headed by Assistant Commissioner of Police,Sudhir Hegde,started organizing iftar parties at the 19 mosques since last one week.
It is a small gesture from the police department to promote communal harmony and to create awareness among the community members that the police department is with them,a senior police officer,said.
As per the plan the jurisdictional police team including Inspector,Sub Inspector and staff members took part in iftar party and the dinner arranged after namaz.
To take the program to another level,commitee members of the adjacent Ganesha and Sai Baba temples and hindu community members were also invited to join the iftar party.
This area is known for Communal harmony and did not have a single communal tension.
Members of different community are living in peace and harmony and participating in each other festival Rehan Nawab, member of the masjid committee,said reporters.
We are happy the gesture of police officials and a prayer has been organised after namaz for their well being,he said.
Such type of program is meaningful in this situation and we should counter the efforts of some fringe elements to disturb communal harmony,Suhan,a resident of Audugodi,said .
The madiwala sub division police are planing to organize iftar parties in all the 19 mosques coming under the jurisdiction.
We have covered nine mosques so far and 10 more mosques are remaining and will be covered in coming days, the officer in charge of the program,added.
The muslim community members on Sunday attended Rama Navami program organised at a century old srirama temple in Adugodi and distributed panaka, Buttermilk and kosamari to the devotees .
